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Bezhbin (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)

A new user, who started from the translation and made this edit: it is said here that to vote in the POTY you should have an income in 1 US dollar. The most dangerous vandalism is not very visible. Анастасия Львова^ru/en 15:47, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Well, literally all their contribution should be deleted (another example). Анастасия Львова^ru/en 15:51, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

I think it was an honest mistake (possibly machine translation). See Translations:Commons:Picture of the Year/2025/5/en. The $1 there is a formal parameter. - Jmabel ! talk 18:22, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Would someone with decent Russian please reach out to this user and explain the situation and, in particular, that for something that will appear in a user interface they should not use machine translation to translate from a language that they do not understand at least reasonably well. - Jmabel ! talk 18:28, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

@Lvova: would you be willing to take that on? - Jmabel ! talk 18:29, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Okay, if you believe that it is a honest mistake, I'll try. Анастасия Львова^ru/en 18:52, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

@Lvova: thanks. Run the English through Google Translate (as I did after guessing that was what they did and posting here), and you'll see it does exactly this. - Jmabel ! talk 22:25, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

 Done. Now globally locked. Taivo (talk) 10:05, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

~2026-21656-63

~2026-21656-63 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)
Please block for vandalism (adding of inexisting and non-pertinent categories over all files of Boccioni's, and overcategorization of existing files). This is a well-known spammer about Lombardy, I can't remeber original username, but I have already reported him in Meta for another topic (so-called "Filippinism") and he had already a long history of cross-wiki spam, blocks, evasions and spam. --Sailko (talk) 17:29, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

•  Done indef-blocked. I can't quickly tell whether this disruptive user is malicious or just incompetent, but it really doesn't matter. Adding useless (mostly nonexistent) categories to images. Clearly unlikely to make a positive contribution to the project. - Jmabel ! talk 19:38, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Admin available by email?

Is there an admin that is willing to be available by email? I have an issue I need addressed but am worried about posting publicly due to the Streisand effect. I have tried to contact the info email and have received no response after multiple days. Any admin willing to be emailed would be greatly appreciated! Zackmann08 (talk) 01:22, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

@Zackmann08: I'll be available by email for the next several hours. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 02:07, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Unarchiving village pump discussion

The discussion at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright#Fop Bangladesh has been archived to Commons:Village_pump/Copyright/Archive/2026/03#FoP in Bangladesh.

I am unsure whether I am permitted to unarchive it or what the proper procedure would be. The discussion does not appear to have been formally closed. As the proposal is quite extensive, it requires significant time for contributors to review and respond. A small number of users have shown interest to comment who have not finished reading and scrutinize it.

It's important to note that, I didn't push anyone to comment in favour. I have reached out to relevent users and requested for comment.

If any admin would unarchive it, that would be greatly appreciated.Tausheef Hassan Auntu ✉Talk? 06:04, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

@Tausheef Hassan this is certainly not the first time a discussion is archived without reaching a conclusion or formal closure. If you think reviving the discussion will lead to it being formally closed with a conclusion, go ahead. If there is no participation again and it gets archived, then I would suggest you to drop it. Just leave a small text at the end of the thread that you've unarchived it to see if it can reach a conclusion. Don't forget to sign it so that the 7 days timer is reset. And don't forget to remove it from the archive page when doing so. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 15:35, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

@Shaan Sengupta: Do I just edit the wikitext and move it from the archive and add it to the village pump directly in source editor? Or is there a formal way to do it? Tausheef Hassan Auntu ✉Talk? 16:08, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

@Tausheef Hassan, the thread was already unarchived by @MS Sakib. Though he didn't remove it from the archive page. I have done so now. I have also stopped the bot from archiving it until 18:14, 19 April 2026 (UTC). If there is no active discussion, it'll be archived again. So try to reach a conclusion by then. But in case there is an active discussion, we can always push the date. Thank you. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 18:18, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Rename requests - target already exists

Hello everyone, per this discussion on COM:VPP Phabricator task T421373 is resolved by @Nemoralis and delete-redirect right has been granted to filemovers. Therefore I propose a minor change in {{Rename}}.
Currently if someone makes a rename request for a filename to move to one of its single revision redirects or any other exisiting name, the message reads

The specified target file exists. File movers will be unable to rename this file. An admin is required or choose another name. Use {{duplicate|(File name)}} if the file is exactly the same.

Now I don't think it can be automatically determined if the proposed name is indeed a single revision redirect. So we can just add a few words and it might be enough. Maybe something like

The specified target already exists. File movers will be unable to rename this file if the proposed name is not a single revision redirect. An admin is required in such a case or choose another name. Use {{duplicate|(File name)}} if the file is exactly the same.

This is my suggestion. Someone may choose better words. Its just that I feel the message needs to reflect the change that has happened. I think a lot of filemovers have no idea about this change bcoz they were never notified (atleast not me). I know bcoz I participated in that discussion. Maybe a mass message to every filemover notifying this change will also help. And also adding info about delete-redirect at COM:FM just like it has about suppressredirect. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 09:05, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Alternate possible wording: "The specified target already exists. File movers will still be able to rename this file if the proposed name is a single-revision redirect, but otherwise this move will require an admin, or you can choose another name. Please use {{duplicate|(File name)}} if the target name already contains exactly the same file." Not sure if that's better, just laying out options. - Jmabel ! talk 20:28, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

@Jmabel, I tried not to add too many words as it would become lengthy. What about "The specified target already exists. File movers can rename this file only if the proposed name is a single-revision redirect; otherwise, this move will require an admin, or you can choose another name. Use {{duplicate|(File name)}} if both files are exactly the same." This has about 46 fewer characters than your suggested version and 6 more than my initial version. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 09:28, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

Fine with me. - Jmabel ! talk 23:09, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

Good. Then I would request you or anyone else interested to kindly do the needful. Thank you. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 01:11, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

Template:Rename/i18n brought in line. Obviously, translations will be needed. - Jmabel ! talk 05:01, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

@Jmabel, plz see this revision. This was done after you applied those changes. It still shows the same old wording to me. I even purged to force latest version. No change, maybe the same thing needs to be done somewhere else too. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 06:11, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

@Shaan Sengupta: If someone can tell me where to edit, I'll edit. Being an admin means I can edit, not that I understand every complex, semi-documented template on Commons. FWIW, Template:Rename/en, which I would have expected to edit, is just a redirect to Template:Rename/i18n. - Jmabel ! talk 16:34, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

@Jmabel, I tried but didn't succeed that time. Upon some more digging now, it looks like Template:Rename/layout is the one. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 17:21, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

Special:Diff/1195627456. Looks like that did it. - Jmabel ! talk 17:28, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

Maybe not. I'll leave three pings (with a sorry to bother) now. @Jeff G., @GPSLeo and @Krd, or anyone who can help. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 17:44, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

Rename request

I uploaded 23 images today, which can be seen in Category:United Kingdom photographs taken on 2026-04-09.

Through a moment's inattention, I have screwed up a mass rename, creating redirects from the wanted names, that I cannot now overwrite.

Instead of "West Midlands Metro Digbeth extension", all 23 file names should begin "West Midlands Metro Eastside extension". Can someone fix that, please? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:36, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

@Pigsonthewing, if I understand correctly, you want File:West Midlands Metro Digbeth extension - 2026-04 -09- Andy Mabbett - 02.jpg to become File:West Midlands Metro Eastside extension - 2026-04 -09- Andy Mabbett - 02.jpg which has now become redirect bcoz of the wrong moves. If this is the case, you can certainly switch the names yourself, file movers recently got delete-redirect for single revision redirect. And it can only be done while moving the page. (See the thread above). I just moved File:West Midlands Metro Digbeth extension - 2026-04 -09- Andy Mabbett - 01.jpg to File:West Midlands Metro Eastside extension - 2026-04 -09- Andy Mabbett - 01.jpg without retaining the previous name. Plz tell me if you need to retain the previous name and if I have done it the way you wanted. Then I'll do the rest or maybe you can ny yourself. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 15:27, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

The "MassRename tool gives an error: "An error occurred while trying to do the requested action. [...] The name you have specified exists. Choose a new name, please. Error @line194"

I have now tried manually and can rename the files, but not in bulk.

I'll do them manually, but thank you anyway. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:51, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. All done. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:20, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Rigging a deletion discussion

Fita-cola dos dois lados (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)
Deletion Delayer (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)
Commons:Deletion requests/File:Micro and nano view of gecko's toe.jpg is being compromised by a user who openly Revision #1195055007 brags about being a sockpuppet of Revision #1195055256 to manipulate discussions such as this. Borgenland (talk) 10:52, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

Borgenland, I have replaced the urls with {{Diff}} and mentioned the user names at the top to save the reviewing admin's time. I think both the accounts should be indeffed bcoz the person behind clearly thinks that it is completely ok to break the rules and openly brag about it. When I first saw Deletion Delayer openly naming Fita-cola dos dois lados on their userpage, I thought they might be doing it with an intent of framing Fcddl, but the DR comment (Revision #1195241727) made it easy as I hadn't check Global account info for other project status. ENWIKI has already confirmed these socks and indeffed DD. If it matters, I've blanked DD's userpage. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 11:09, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

 Done both accounts indeffed per report at COM:AN/B by Jmabel. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 17:28, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

IPBE for my bot account

Hi. Can my bot account be granted IPBE? It seems Flickr is blocking API calls from Toolforge cluster in the form of rate limiting and thus I'll have to run it on my server. Thanks!

• FlickrResourcesBot (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

-- DaxServer (talk) 12:37, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

 Done It now has one. — regards, Revi 15:46, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

Hiding spam

I request these editions and the summary must be hidden because is a crosswiki spam for a YouTube video. Taichi (talk) 22:54, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

+1   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:14, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

 Done. I hided a lot of edits and semi-protected a lot of files. Taivo (talk) 17:27, 13 April 2026 (UTC)